"Act"

means the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998) as amended from time to time;

"Constitution"

includes the schedules to the Constitution;

"Council"

means the governing body of the SETA;

"Executive Officer"

means the Executive Officer of the SETA appointed in terms of this Constitution;

"Levies"

means levies payable in terms of the Skills Development Levies Act, 1999 (Act No. 9 of 1999), as amended from time to time;

"Member"

means, depending on the context, a voting or a non-voting member of any SETA structure, including the Council, but does not include—

"NQF"

means the National Qualifications Framework as provided for in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995 (Act No. 58 of 1995) as amended from time to time;

"Qualifying organisation"

means a registered trade union or registered employer organisation that has been admitted as a qualifying organisation by the Council as envisaged in clause 3.7, and that may participate in appointing or electing members to the Council as envisaged in clauses 6.8 and 6.9;

"Sector"

means the Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and Leather Sector as determined by the Minister in terms of section 9(2) of the Act and described in Schedule 1 annexed hereto;

"Specialist advisory Committee"

means a permanent or ad hoc committee established in terms of clause 8;

"SMME"

means an enterprise that satisfies the criteria for a small business, as set out in the National Small Business Act, 102 of 1996;

"Sub-sectors"

means the differentiated sectors of—

as identified and described in Schedule 1 annexed hereto;

"Training provider"

means a body accredited by an Education, Training and Quality Assurer (ETQA) to provide training in areas within its primary focus.